The gospel music industry is too hypocritical, according to Kofi Donkor

Donkor, who resorted to Facebook to air his grievances, told Graphic Showbiz that the gospel music industry was tainted by major players who frequently had their own interests ahead of those of the industry as a whole.

He claimed that because secular performers were regarded as "unholy," the gospel fraternity has always been antagonistic to artists who featured them.

He claimed that the same individuals who openly criticize gospel musicians for working with secular artists yet enjoy gospel music composed by the latter.

"I've long said that the gospel music industry exhibits too much hypocrisy, and this has a significant negative impact on us. As of right now, we are aware that secular musicians write music for gospel performers, and some of these songs have won significant honors.

"On the other hand, you will hear remarks like 'don't be unequally yoked with unbelievers' when these same gospel artists feature secular musicians. Now the dilemma is, how can the same gospel artist sing songs written by a secular musician if a gospel musician cannot feature them? The height of hypocrisy, is this not? He queried.

Recall that Celestine Donkor's Thank You, which featured Highlife singers Akwaboah Jnr. and Efya, was released in 2021 and faced harsh criticism from important parties.

According to Kofi Donkor, the team stopped advertising for Thank You after several radio and television stations with ties to the gospel refused to broadcast it since it broke their policies.

"Some gospel TV and radio stations refused to play Celestine Donkor's song "Thank You," which included Akwaboah and Efya, claiming it wasn't gospel music. They objected because it featured non-religious musicians, but nowadays, it's OK for non-religious musicians to write songs for gospel performers.

Since Joyce Blessings Victory was published and it was made public that Kuami Eugene wrote it, I anticipated that the same individuals would harshly criticize it because he is a secular artist. Why is it that nobody is discussing it?

"We ought to speak with one voice and put an end to the discrimination since it serves no useful purpose. Simply hypocritical, he said.

The chief executive officer (CEO) of Dynamics Unlimited, Kofi Donkor, also expressed worries about divides in the sector.

Our intention is to preach the word of God, thus we ought to be united. Unfortunately, this is not the case. We are not unified and are rather backbiting one another. In the same gospel fraternity we are in, some artists are preferred above others, which shouldn't be the case. I am in favor of everything gospel because I think we are all acting in unison, he declared.